Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-07
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
The youths of Waldo have formed a So
cial club.
The peach crop around Waldo promises
to be unusually large.
Circuit Court for Sumter county con-
venes on Tuesday, March To-
Strawberries are being shipped from
Sumtervlle and PanasOH zee.
The President has nominated Ernest A.
| NOnge, OF Florida, to be United States
| Consul to GOthenburg.
There are boys in Gainesville who have
not worn PAIR Of shoes this winter, and
/ yet they have been out on the street every
! day. Florida is the place in which to
raise boys and vegetables.
The court house is still crowded three
| times a day with persOns in attendance
/ at divine service. The like has never
! before been known IN Gainesville, and
there is little fear OF any "backsliding."
! Thieves entered the Office att the Florida
Railway and Navigation depot at Gaines
vile Wednesday night and attempted to
! blow open the large iron safe kept there
/ They succeeded in drilling a hole into It
/ bu' tailed in getting it open. There s no
! clue to the perpetrators, who are prob
ably experienced hands in that line of
business.
There was 1882 bales OF cotton shipped
on the Pensacola and Atlantic railroad
from Mariana from Sept. to Feb. |. For
the year ending Jan. 81, 1920 dozen
eggs and IS $50 head chickens. amount
ing to $lS,360, were EXPRESSED from that
point. The latter product could easily be
increased 70 ten times its present proper
tons with little more eXertion and nomi-
nal capital.
Gov. Perry is hard at work endeavOring
to secure from the Senate Committee on
Military Affairs a favorable report on the
bill which has passed the House prOyid-
ing for the paym Of FIorlda's Indian
war claims. The chief difficulties in the
way are the speeches of Senator Call at
the last session, throwing discredit upon
the claim. There are hopes that the GOV
ernOr VIII succeed Notwithstanding.
At Starke in the case of d. e. AL
vArez vs.. w. 5. Forrest ct al. that has
continued since August, 1885, in the
court of ". Lake, Justice OF the Peace,
and has twice been before His Honor
Judge Baker on appeal, was settled re-
Gently by a compromise between the
parties. This has been a remarkable
case. Not only has the entire bar of
Bradford county been employed, but sew
eral law ers of note elsewhere have given
it attention.
II. II. Stearns Il Co., of Boston, opened
their branch store in the Casa Monica
block at St. Augustine last week. They
make a brilliant and attractive disulay OF
laces, silks, velvete, ruchings, art embroi-
derry and materials, ribbons, stamped
goods and plusnes, and claim TO have as
tine an assortment ae can b. found IN BOs-
ton. r. Ii. Stearns, Jr., has charge, and
claims that he has opened new line OF
goods and is not competing with any OF
the old firms OF the city.
1t is learned that Florida did not file
with the Interior Department a complete
copy OF the census in the inter-decenn al
enumeration for 1885, as required bv the
act of Congress, making provision Tor
this census, within the time specified,
which was before Sept. l, 1855. Florida
took the census as required, but failed to
make the deposit within the tine re-
qulred. The department, therefore, re-
fused to issue TO the state certificate to
the effect that the schedule of enumera-
ton had been duly deposited, aud as
consequence of such refusal Florida has
not received from the United States any,
thing whatever on account of the census
OF 1850. However, on Dec. s, 1885, "A COM
plete copy of all the enumerated sched-
ules was filed, to which fact the secretary
calls the attention OF Congress tor ITS con-
sideratioG and action. The amount which
the state would have received from the
United states bad copies Of the returns
been tiled in time is S9,326.
Several weeks ago a young doctor by
the name OF HollingswOrth, being greatly
troubled with lung disease, lett his home
in South Carolina and started to Florida
in covered wagon, his only companion
being a small negro boy. Toe trip might
have been beneficial TO him but for toe
fact that he camped at night and made
his bed on the cold ground. Having
arrived within two miles OF Gainesville
last sunday evening the wanderers camp
ed for the night, but the doctor having
contracted severe cold, was attacked
ny pneumonia in its worst form. Realtz.
ing his dangerous condition ne sent to
Gainesville for assistance, when was
promptly rendered. He was taken to
the city and is now at the Magnolia
House where he lies in precarious con-
dltiOn. His mother was teleyraphed for
a"d went from south Carolina Thurs
day. Dr. nulliugswOrth Is sald 10 be "A
yCung man of extraordinary hriliiancv
and considerable wealth. but that dread
disease, consumption, has "A firm hold on
his constitution and il is feared his end is